The most powerful American of his time, Andrew Jackson saw himself as the people's "great avenger." Yet his ideas also limited the people's sovereignty, imposing one kind of law to inflict one sort of "justice." Drawing from new evidence about Jackson and the southern frontiers, Avenging the People boldly reinterprets the man and his age.
The most powerful American of his time, Andrew Jackson saw himself as the people's "great avenger." Yet his ideas also limited the people's sovereignty, imposing one kind of law to inflict one sort of "justice." Drawing from new evidence about Jackson and the southern frontiers, Avenging the People boldly reinterprets the man and his age.
J.M. Opal is Associate Professor of History at McGill University. He is the author of Beyond the Farm: National Ambitions in Rural New England and the editor of Common Sense and Other Writings by Thomas Paine.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: In Our Blood Chapter 1: States of Nature Chapter 2: A Nation of Laws Chapter 3: Extreme Frontiers Chapter 4: I Love My Country and Government Chapter 5: The Hour of National Vengeance Chapter 6: The People's Choice Conclusion: Submit to Nothing Notes Index
Acknowledgments Introduction: In Our Blood Chapter 1: States of Nature Chapter 2: A Nation of Laws Chapter 3: Extreme Frontiers Chapter 4: I Love My Country and Government Chapter 5: The Hour of National Vengeance Chapter 6: The People's Choice Conclusion: Submit to Nothing Notes Index
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